Quantitative approaches in climate change ecology

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3697-3713

  Brown, Christopher J ^a,b   Schoeman, David S ^c,d   Sydeman, William J ^e   Brander, Keith ^f   Buckley, Lauren B ^g   Burrows, Michael ^h   Duarte, Carlos M ^i,j   Moore, Pippa J ^k,l   Pandolfi, John M ^a   Poloczanska, Elvira ^b   Venables, William ^b   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054704157     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02531.x     Document Type: Review

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